What is the difference in incidence of tuberculosis, low uncertainty bound between Namibia and Sierra Leone?

23 per 100,000 people, with Sierra Leone ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Namibia and Sierra Leone?

22 years are reported by both, from 1990 to 2011.

Where does this data come from?

World Health Organization, Global Tuberculosis Control Report, published as Incidence of tuberculosis, low uncertainty bound (per 100,000 people). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Namibia vs Sierra Leone: Incidence of tuberculosis, low uncertainty bound

Namibia

573 per 100,000 people

in 2011

Sierra Leone

596 per 100,000 people

in 2011

Namibia rank

4th

Sierra Leone rank

3rd

Incidence of tuberculosis, low uncertainty bound over time

Namibia
Sierra Leone

How they compare

Sierra Leone currently reports 596 per 100,000 people against 573 per 100,000 people in Namibia, a difference of 23 per 100,000 people.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 22 shared years of data; in 1990 it was Namibia ahead.

Namibia ranks 4th and Sierra Leone ranks 3rd of 53 countries.

Namibia has averaged higher in every one of the 3 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Namibia	Sierra Leone	Difference	Ahead
1990s	524.8 per 100,000 people	211 per 100,000 people	313.8 per 100,000 people	Namibia
2000s	1,134 per 100,000 people	409.6 per 100,000 people	724.1 per 100,000 people	Namibia
2010s	629.5 per 100,000 people	579.5 per 100,000 people	50 per 100,000 people	Namibia

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher incidence of tuberculosis, low uncertainty bound, Namibia or Sierra Leone?: Sierra Leone, at 596 per 100,000 people against 573 per 100,000 people in Namibia as of 2011.
What is the difference in incidence of tuberculosis, low uncertainty bound between Namibia and Sierra Leone?: 23 per 100,000 people, with Sierra Leone ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Namibia and Sierra Leone?: 22 years are reported by both, from 1990 to 2011.
How do Namibia and Sierra Leone rank globally for incidence of tuberculosis, low uncertainty bound?: Namibia ranks 4th and Sierra Leone ranks 3rd of 53 countries.
Where does this data come from?: World Health Organization, Global Tuberculosis Control Report, published as Incidence of tuberculosis, low uncertainty bound (per 100,000 people). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator: Incidence of tuberculosis, low uncertainty bound (per 100,000 people)
Unit: per 100,000 people
Source: World Health Organization, Global Tuberculosis Control Report
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage: 53 places, 1,166 data points, 1990–2011
Last refreshed: 04 September 2026

Incidence of tuberculosis is the estimated number of new pulmonary, smear positive, and extra-pulmonary tuberculosis cases.